CAGE, J.: Works for 2 Keyboards, Vol. 1 (Pestova, Meyer)

Recorded in 24 Bit / 88.2Khzalbum available as a Studio MasterOriginally recorded in 2013

Artists:

Pascal Meyer

Soloist

Xenia Pestova

Soloist

Venue:

Espace Decouverte, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Venue

Record Label
Naxos

Genre:

Instrumental

Classical

Total Time - 54:20

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CAGE, J.: Works for 2 Keyboards, Vol. 1 (Pestova, Meyer)

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JOHN CAGE

A Book of Music

1

Part I

13:04

2

Part II

21:21

Pascal Meyer Soloist

Suite for Toy Piano

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I. —

01:35

4

II. —

01:31

5

III. —

01:24

6

IV. —

01:45

7

V. —

00:58

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Music for Amplified Toy Pianos

12:42

Pascal Meyer Soloist

Xenia Pestova Soloist

John Cage’s remarkable magnum opus A Book of Music for two prepared pianos is brought together here with his complete works for toy piano. Intricately structured according to Cage’s ideas about Mozart, A Book of Music is an eloquent and virtuoso mosaic of driving and sometimes frenetic rhythms, the exotic sounds of the ‘prepared’ piano strings transporting the listener into worlds of the strangest imagining. The Suite for Toy Piano is a modest miracle of precise expression and the first ever serious concert music written for this instrument, while Music for Amplified Toy Pianos is composed using chance elements, generating a spacious field of sound filled with surprise.

"...The new Naxos edition with works for two keyboards by John Cage starts with a ravishing program, ranging from oriental percussion sounds to the amusing music with toy pianos. The major characteristic is that, beyond fabulous rhythmics, both of the pianists achieve in giving a soul to this very special music." *****

Norbert Tischer - Pizzicato magazine - February 2014

"... these lively, alert, and even virtuosic readings have much to recommend them, so if you’re curious, don’t hold back."